19th June 2016 gallery images Start of the Cup 2 race, with deceptively calm conditions in the lee of the trees Steve Axford rounds Middle and heads for West White, building an early lead over the rest of the small fleet Despite the smooth surface of the water, Steve looks to have caught a sudden gust – something that happened time and again to most competitors during the day On a beat back from Inlet Red to Zebra, this long shot of Steve Axford and Bob Sampson shows the deteriorating visibility that set in during the first race Elliot and Rachael Pomeroy are well wrapped up against the driving rain as they round Dam Green A revised course for the afternoon race, as Steve leads just four boats towards the first mark at Dam Green Lumpier conditions as the two Lasers start the beat from Inlet Red to West White And towards the end of the race, visibility was getting steadily worse; here Jane Anderson has got to windward of Nathan Pollard